title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Sleep Disorders Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: bmokhles@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mokhlesi
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*